GitLab Contracts in the UK excluding London

GitLab
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GitLab skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GitLab over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 199 203 216
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 +20
Contract jobs citing GitLab 208 295 381
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.00% 1.22% 1.23%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.31% 8.57% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 218 241
10th Percentile £417 £460 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% - +14.89%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £633
90th Percentile £690 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £555 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -3.48% - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 7
10th Percentile £57.38 £41.76 £20.75
25th Percentile £62.19 - £28.88
Median hourly rate £74.44 £45.00 £46.20
Median % change year-on-year +65.42% -2.60% +2.67%
75th Percentile £76.74 £53.75 £51.88
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.10 £55.55
UK median hourly rate £68.22 £45.00 £46.20
% change year-on-year +51.60% -2.60% +8.71%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

GitLab is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,234 3,443 4,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.75% 14.26% 14.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 2,429 3,222
10th Percentile £350 £350 £356
25th Percentile £413 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.28%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 186 115
10th Percentile £40.00 £45.00 £37.25
25th Percentile £51.88 £52.19 £42.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.63% +20.00% +13.26%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GitLab as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -3 78 £575 -4.17% 18
South East +58 70 £593 +0.42% 23
North West -12 50 £606 +1.04% 9
Yorkshire +31 23 £573 -11.92% 6
Scotland +24 23 £463 -7.50% 2
South West +19 17 £525 +10.53% 15
Wales +22 10 £545 +11.79% 1
North East +14 5 £430 -21.82% 3
Midlands -42 5 £498 -7.87% 11
East of England +8 4 £250 -56.52% 13
West Midlands -34 4 £475 -12.04% 6
East Midlands +20 1 £520 - 5
Northern Ireland +2 1 £640 -1.54% 3
GitLab
UK

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (11.06%) Confluence
2 16 (7.69%) Apache
3 12 (5.77%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.40%) nginx
5 3 (1.44%) CMS
6 2 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.96%) Traefik
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.48%) SAS
7 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (3.37%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 121 (58.17%) AWS
2 54 (25.96%) Azure
3 52 (25.00%) GitHub
4 36 (17.31%) Amazon S3
5 31 (14.90%) Amazon EC2
6 23 (11.06%) AWS CloudFormation
6 23 (11.06%) Serverless
7 22 (10.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 21 (10.10%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (7.69%) GCP
9 16 (7.69%) Route 53
10 15 (7.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (6.25%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (5.29%) AWS CodePipeline
13 10 (4.81%) Amazon ECR
13 10 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (4.81%) OpenShift
14 8 (3.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.17%) VPN
2 12 (5.77%) DNS
3 11 (5.29%) BGP
3 11 (5.29%) Ethernet VPN
3 11 (5.29%) MPLS
3 11 (5.29%) Radio Access Network
4 10 (4.81%) Firewall
5 8 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 7 (3.37%) HTTP
7 3 (1.44%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (0.96%) SAN
9 1 (0.48%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.48%) Internet
9 1 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.48%) Network Security
9 1 (0.48%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.48%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (22.12%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (19.23%) MongoDB
3 22 (10.58%) Elasticsearch
3 22 (10.58%) NoSQL
4 21 (10.10%) Relational Database
5 19 (9.13%) MySQL
6 12 (5.77%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (5.77%) SQL Server
7 7 (3.37%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (3.37%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.88%) Couchbase
8 6 (2.88%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.44%) InfluxDB
9 3 (1.44%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.44%) Redis
10 2 (0.96%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.96%) DB2
10 2 (0.96%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 70 (33.65%) Jenkins
2 55 (26.44%) JIRA
3 42 (20.19%) Git
4 22 (10.58%) SonarQube
5 21 (10.10%) Selenium
6 20 (9.62%) Cucumber
7 13 (6.25%) REST Assured
8 12 (5.77%) Cypress.io
8 12 (5.77%) Robot Framework
9 11 (5.29%) Artifactory
9 11 (5.29%) TestRail
10 9 (4.33%) Travis CI
11 8 (3.85%) Bitbucket
11 8 (3.85%) CircleCI
11 8 (3.85%) webpack
12 7 (3.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (3.37%) Postman
13 6 (2.88%) JUnit
14 5 (2.40%) AppScan
14 5 (2.40%) Burp Suite
General
1 33 (15.87%) Social Skills
2 22 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (10.58%) Public Sector
3 12 (5.77%) Finance
3 12 (5.77%) Law
4 8 (3.85%) Police
5 5 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (0.96%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.48%) Aviation
7 1 (0.48%) Banking
7 1 (0.48%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.48%) Legal
7 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.48%) Marketing
7 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.48%) Retail
7 1 (0.48%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 53 (25.48%) DevOps Engineer
2 41 (19.71%) Developer
3 30 (14.42%) Senior
4 19 (9.13%) Software Engineer
5 18 (8.65%) Platform Engineer
6 15 (7.21%) Java Developer
7 14 (6.73%) AWS DevOps
8 13 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
9 12 (5.77%) Lead
9 12 (5.77%) Test Engineer
10 11 (5.29%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (4.81%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 10 (4.81%) Network Engineer
12 9 (4.33%) Data Engineer
13 8 (3.85%) Platform Specialist
13 8 (3.85%) Senior Developer
14 7 (3.37%) Architect
14 7 (3.37%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 7 (3.37%) Linux Engineer
15 6 (2.88%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (24.04%) REST
2 29 (13.94%) Node.js
3 21 (10.10%) React
4 20 (9.62%) RESTful
5 16 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
6 15 (7.21%) AWS CDK
7 14 (6.73%) JSON
8 13 (6.25%) Java EE
8 13 (6.25%) SOAP
9 12 (5.77%) ARM Templates
10 11 (5.29%) NETCONF
10 11 (5.29%) RESTCONF
10 11 (5.29%) YANG
11 10 (4.81%) Redux
12 8 (3.85%) Express.js
12 8 (3.85%) XML
12 8 (3.85%) YAML
13 7 (3.37%) Laravel
13 7 (3.37%) Spring
14 6 (2.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.65%) Linux Command Line
2 11 (5.29%) Clustering
2 11 (5.29%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.33%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.85%) Replication
5 7 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.88%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.44%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.44%) PKI
8 3 (1.44%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.44%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.96%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.96%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.48%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 70 (33.65%) Linux
2 26 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (9.13%) Unix
4 16 (7.69%) Windows
5 10 (4.81%) Ubuntu
6 9 (4.33%) VMS
7 8 (3.85%) CentOS
8 4 (1.92%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.96%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.48%) Solaris
10 1 (0.48%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (64.90%) CI/CD
2 110 (52.88%) Agile
3 101 (48.56%) DevOps
4 78 (37.50%) Containerisation
5 67 (32.21%) Test Automation
6 57 (27.40%) Infrastructure as Code
7 55 (26.44%) Continuous Integration
8 51 (24.52%) Scrum
9 37 (17.79%) Software Engineering
10 31 (14.90%) Configuration Management
11 30 (14.42%) Microservices
12 28 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (11.06%) Full Stack Development
13 23 (11.06%) Workflow
14 22 (10.58%) Kanban
15 21 (10.10%) Migration
16 20 (9.62%) Project Management
17 18 (8.65%) Design Patterns
18 17 (8.17%) Platform Engineering
18 17 (8.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 90 (43.27%) Python
2 45 (21.63%) Bash
3 41 (19.71%) Java
4 31 (14.90%) SQL
5 27 (12.98%) PowerShell
6 19 (9.13%) Go
7 18 (8.65%) JavaScript
8 10 (4.81%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.37%) PHP
10 6 (2.88%) Groovy
11 5 (2.40%) C++
11 5 (2.40%) Ruby
12 4 (1.92%) C#
13 3 (1.44%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.44%) Scala
14 2 (0.96%) Bicep
14 2 (0.96%) C
14 2 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.96%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.48%) Perl
Qualifications
1 84 (40.38%) Security Cleared
2 65 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 9 (4.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (4.33%) Degree
5 7 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.92%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.48%) HNC
7 1 (0.48%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.87%) QA
2 4 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.44%) NIST
4 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.96%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.96%) NCSC
4 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.48%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.48%) MISRA
5 1 (0.48%) MISRA C
System Software
1 83 (39.90%) Docker
2 15 (7.21%) vSphere
3 14 (6.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.88%) Active Directory
6 5 (2.40%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.96%) LXC
7 2 (0.96%) NFS
7 2 (0.96%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.48%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 105 (50.48%) Terraform
2 98 (47.12%) Kubernetes
3 79 (37.98%) Ansible
4 28 (13.46%) Grafana
5 25 (12.02%) Prometheus
6 21 (10.10%) Docker Swarm
7 19 (9.13%) Puppet
8 16 (7.69%) Kibana
8 16 (7.69%) Packer
9 14 (6.73%) Podman
10 12 (5.77%) Progress Chef
11 8 (3.85%) vRealize
12 7 (3.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 6 (2.88%) logstash
13 6 (2.88%) Nessus
13 6 (2.88%) Rancher
14 5 (2.40%) Graylog
14 5 (2.40%) HP Fortify
14 5 (2.40%) WebInspect
15 3 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (13.46%) VMware
2 21 (10.10%) Oracle
3 18 (8.65%) Red Hat
4 17 (8.17%) Splunk
5 11 (5.29%) Microsoft
6 9 (4.33%) SolarWinds
7 7 (3.37%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.88%) PagerDuty
9 5 (2.40%) Arqiva
9 5 (2.40%) Checkmarx
9 5 (2.40%) Veracode
9 5 (2.40%) Veritas
10 4 (1.92%) Salesforce
11 3 (1.44%) Pega
11 3 (1.44%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.96%) Dell
12 2 (0.96%) Greenplum
12 2 (0.96%) Informatica
12 2 (0.96%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.96%) Perfecto Mobile